Predictors of overweight and obesity in adult women in Nairobi Province, Kenya

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mbochi, Regina W ^a   Kuria, Elizabeth ^a   Kimiywe, Judith ^a   Ochola, Sophie ^a   Steyn, Nelia P ^b  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diet; Kenya; Obesity; Overweight; Physical activity; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84866535712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-823     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Ziraba AK, Fortso JC, Ochako R: Overweight and obesity in urban Africa: a problem of the rich or the poor? BMC Publ Health 2009, 9:465. Accessed December 30th 2009, http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-24.
2. Siega-Riz AM, Evenson KR, Dole N: Pregnancy-related weight gain- a link to obesity? Nutr Rev 2004, 62(7):S105-S111.
3. Popkin BM: An overview on the nutrition transition and its health implications: the Bellagio meeting. Public Health Nutr 2002, 5:93-103.
4. WHO: Global Strategy on Diet. Geneva: Physical Activity and Health; 2004. Accessed November 18th 2009, www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity.org
5. Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) and ICF Macro: Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 2008-09. Calverton, Maryland: KNBS and ICF Macro; 2010.
6. Schlenker ED, Long S: Essentials of Nutrition and Diet Therapy. 9th edition. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby Elsevier; 2007.
7. American Obesity Association: AOA Fact Sheets. 2005. Accessed http:// obesity1.tempdomainname.com/subs.
8. Hu FB: Overweight and obesity in women: Health risks and consequences. J Womens Health 2003, 12(2):163-172. Accessed January 15th 2008 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12737715.
9. Riley JC: Rising Life Expectancy: A Global History. New York: Cambridge University Press; 2001.
10. Philip W, James T: The challenges of obesity and its associated chronic diseases. Nutrition Transition, Obesity and Non-communicable Diseases: Drivers, Outlook and Concerns. Rome: FAO United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition; 2005.
11. WHO: Preventing and managing the global epidemic. Report of a WHO consultation. WHO technical report series, no. 894. Geneva: WHO; 2000.
12. Mugenda OM, Mugenda AG: Research methods: quantitative and qualitative approaches. Nairobi: Acts Press; 1999.
13. Armstrong T, Bull F: Development of the World Health Organization Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ) J. Public Health 2006, 14(2):66-70.
14. Labadarios D, Steyn NP, Maunder E, Gericke G, Swart R, Huskisson J, Dannhauser A, Vorster HH, Nesamvuni AE, Nel JH: The National Food Consumption Survey (NFCS): South Africa, 1999. Public Health Nutr 2005, 8(5):533-543. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16153334.
15. Steyn NP, Burger S, Monyeki KD, Alberts M, Nthangeni G: Seasonal variation in dietary intake of the adult population of Dikgale. S Afr J C N 2001, 14(4):140-145.
16. Steyn NP, Nel JH, Parker W, Ayah R, Mbithe D: Dietary, social, and environmental determinants of obesity in Kenyan women. Scand J Public Health 2011, 39:88-97. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20851847.
17. Gibson RS, Fegusson EL: An interactive 24-Hour recall for assessing the adequacy of iron and zinc intakes in developing countries. Washington D.C: ILSI Press; 1999.
18. Steyn NP, Senekal M: Dietary Assessment and Education Kit (DAEK). Cape Town: Chronic Diseases of Lifestyle Unit, Medical Research Council; http:// www.mrc.ac.za/chronic/cdlbrochure.pdf. Accessed 12/12/2011.
19. Sapp SG, Jensen H: Reliability and validity of nutrition knowledge, and diet-health awareness tests developed from the 1989-1991 diet and health knowledge surveys. J Nutr Educ 1997, 29:63-72.
20. Talmage H, Rasher SP: Validity and reliability issues in measurement instrumentation. J Nutr Educ 1981, 13:83-85.
21. NutritSurvey program (EBISpro): Nutrition Surveys and Calculations.: ; Accessed 12/12/2011 http://www.nutrisurvey.de/.
22. Duda RB, Darko R, Seffah J, Adanu RMK, Anarfi JK, Hill AG: Prevalence of obesity in women of Accra, Ghana. Afr J Health Sci 2007, 14(3-4). Accessed November 21st 2009, http://www.bioline.org.br/pdf?jh07023.
23. Fezeu L, Minkoulou E, Balkau B, Kengne A, Awah P, Unwin N, Alberti G, Mbanya J: Association between socio-economic status and adiposity in urban Cameroon. Int J Epidemiol 2005, Accessed 16th 2009, www.ncbi.nlm. nih.gov/pubmed/
24. Flegal KM, Carroll MD, Ogden CL, Jonson CI: Prevalence and trends in obesity among US adults 1999-2000. JAMA 2002, 288(14):1723-1727.
25. Adams EJ, Grummer-Strawn L, Chavez G: Food insecurity is associated with increased risk of obesity in California women. J Nutr 2003, 133(4):1070-1074.
26. Townsend MS, Peerson J, Love B, Achterberg C, Murphy SP: Food insecurity is positively related to overweight in women. J Nutr 2001, 131(6):1738-1745.
27. Demographic and Health Surveys: Country Reports. 2011. Accessed 28 August 2012. [http://www.measuredhs.com/countries/]
28. Popkin BM: Global Nutrition Dynamics: The world is shifting rapidly toward a diet linked with non communicable diseases. Am J Clin Nutr 2006, 84(2):289-298.
29. Awah PK, Kengne AP, Fezeu LL, Mbanya J-C: Perceived risk factors of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes in Cameroon. Health Educ Res 2008, 23(4):612-620.
30. Hossain P, Katar B, Nahas M: Obesity and diabetes in the developing world-A growing challenge. New Eng J Med 2007, 356(3):213-215.